dove¹ /duv/

1. A pigeon (often in combination, as eg ringdove, turtle-dove) and used esp of the smaller species
2. An old word of endearment
3. An emblem of innocence and gentleness, also of the Holy Spirit (Bible, Matthew 3.17)
4. In politics and industrial relations, etc, a person who seeks peace and conciliation rather than confrontation or war, opp to hawk
5. (with cap) the constellation Columba
6. A tablet of the drug Ecstasy (often with a figure of a dove stamped on it, slang)

To treat as a dove

doveˈishness noun

doveˈlet noun

A small dove

doveˈlike adjective

1. Like a dove
2. Innocent

dovˈish or doveˈish adjective

1. Dovelike
2. Seeking peace and conciliation rather than confrontation or war

doveˈ-colour noun

Dove grey

doveˈcot or doveˈcote noun

1. A small building or structure in which pigeons breed
2. A pigeon-house

doveˈ-drawn adjective (Shakespeare)

Drawn by doves

doveˈ-eyed adjective

Meek-eyed

dove grey noun

A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour

doveˈ-house noun

A dovecot

dove'sˈ-foot noun

A name for some species of cranesbill (Geranium dissectum, Geranium molle, etc)

doveˈtail noun

1. A tenon shaped like a dove's spread tail, for fastening boards
2. A joint of alternate tenons and mortises of that shape

transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To fit by one or more dovetails
2. To fit or join together neatly (often with into or with)

doveˈtailing noun

dovetail saw noun

A small tenon saw

flutter the dovecots

To disturb commonplace, conventional people, as the eagle would a dovecot (see Shakespeare, Coriolanus V.6.115)

dove² /dōv/ (Scot)

To be half asleep or stupefied

dōˈver intransitive verb (Scot)

To snooze, doze

To stun

1. A snooze
2. A swoon
3. Half-consciousness

dōˈvie adjective (Scot)

Stupid

dove³ /dōv/ N American pat of dive

dive /dīv/

1. To plunge headfirst into or down through water or down through the air
2. (of a submarine) to submerge
3. (of an aircraft) to descend steeply, nose-first
4. To go headlong into a recess, forest, etc, or suddenly investigate the interior of a container, etc (with into)
5. To plunge or go deeply into any matter
6. To involve oneself wholeheartedly (with into)
7. To pretend to have been tripped by an opposing player in the hope of being awarded a foul (football)

To plunge, dip

1. A plunge
2. A swoop
3. A headlong descent
4. A refuge
5. A resort, generally disreputable, often underground, eg a bar (slang)
6. A subway
7. A faked knockout (boxing)
8. An instance of pretending to have been tripped by an opposing player (football)

divˈer noun

1. A person who dives or can dive
2. A person who dives for pearls
3. A person who works in a diving suit or from a diving bell beneath water
4. Any member of a genus (Gavia) of duck-like diving birds
5. (loosely; esp formerly) any of various diving birds such as the auk, grebe, penguin, etc
6. A pickpocket (slang)

divˈing noun and adjective

diveˈ-bomb transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To attack with, or as if with, a dive-bomber
2. To discharge bombs while diving

diveˈ-bomber noun

An aeroplane that discharges a bomb while in a steep dive

diveˈ-bombing noun

dive-dappˈer noun (Shakespeare)

A didapper, dabchick, little grebe

diving beetle noun

A predatory water beetle of the Dytiscus genus which traps air beneath its wing cases for breathing under water

diving bell noun

A hollow vessel or chamber, originally bell-shaped, open at the bottom and supplied with air by a tube from above, in which one may descend into and work under water

diving board noun

A board for diving from

diving suit or (formerly) dress noun

A watertight costume for a diver, with special provision for receiving air, etc

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